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Paul Tonnes
An artist exploring mystery, faith, & mythology.

Bleue Tarcisius

Bleue Tarcisius
The principal image in a fictional telling of an artist & his muse. Bleue Tarcisius, purports to be oil on canvas & painted in 1866. The image contains, within & underneath, the story of love & loss.

Reach
A digital college on canvas. There is something so right about this gesture, full of hope but always just out of our grasp.

He Weeps
Narcissius weeps over his fate in the third chapter of my telling of this myth. Wax, plaster, metal, & electronics.

Struggle
We feel bound by our material matter. Digital on canvas.

Trans-formation

Trans-formation
The stage is set for a performance in which one of 5 bodies, selected at random, are melted. A ritual of death & decay, but tinged with hope.

© paul tonnes